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Rooters: Chiraq wants frog reporters out of Iraq
2005-01-07
France says it does not yet know whether a French female journalist
yeah, she's cute. Pic at link.
missing in Iraq since early on Wednesday has been taken hostage, and has urged journalists not to travel to Iraq. "We don't know what this is," Foreign Minister Michel Barnier told LCI television in an interview on Friday.
We're Clueless
"We are worried because we have no news, but we don't know for sure. So as I'm speaking, there are several hypotheses and I don't know which is the correct hypothesis," he added.
There's a lot that clown doesn't know
Barnier said France was working with Iraqi authorities to try to find Florence Aubenas, who works for French newspaper Liberation, and her Iraqi interpreter Hussein Hanoun Al Saadi.
We have made it our top priority, efendi
"We have visited the hospitals. We are looking for her," he added. A French diplomatic source said on Thursday Aubenas could have been killed, injured, kidnapped or arrested.
eloped, escaped, converted to islam, abducted by aliens, the list goes on and on. Mon dieu.
President Jacques Chirac said he was concerned by Aubenas' disappearance and urged journalists not to go to Iraq. "At the current time, the safety of war correspondents cannot be assured in Iraq," Chirac said in his New Year greetings to journalists. "That's how it is. French authorities formally advise against sending journalists to that country.
We already know the truth about the ugly Americans. You don't need to leave Paris to make up your articles"
Posted by:Mrs. Davis

#15  "Dammit, I said panty hose, not panty liners!"
Posted by: mojo   2005-01-07 5:24:50 PM  

#14  Dammit, .com! Now whenever I see Al-Zarqawi I'm going to think of that scene in "Raising Arizona"!
"Son, you've got a panty on your head!"
Posted by: Desert Blondie   2005-01-07 1:36:22 PM  

#13  President Jacques Chirac said he was concerned by Aubenas’ disappearance and urged journalists not to go to Iraq.

Ask your buddy Kofi for help. The virtuous UN can fix anything, right?
Posted by: Raj   2005-01-07 1:09:39 PM  

#12  Stephen...so true!

I guess she thought that she'd be OK cause the terrorists would see her as French instead of as an infidel.

I feel very sorry for her, but if there is a silver lining, it might be that the Euro's and lefties finaly get a clue that criticising Jews and Americans or sympathizing terrorists will shelter them from the Islamist threat about as much as blacks were sheltered from the wrath of the KKK by criticising other blacks or trying to understand their motives. Bottom line...we're all infidels...just like to the KKK, all were black. One dead is as good as another.
Posted by: 2b   2005-01-07 11:52:59 AM  

#11  Who says the French can't learn? Pay ransom for kidnapped reporters and suprise!suprise!suprise! the terrorists will kidnap another.
Posted by: Stephen   2005-01-07 11:37:31 AM  

#10  Doc - You're too modest, heh. I think you must've helped out Al Zarqi, then, with his fashion sense and image. It appears that he's wearing black pantyhose on his head - in the latest "tuck in the ends" - aka "The Seamless Look" style... you know the one - from behind one can see there is a cute bow. I used to marvel at the precision with which the Saudis styled their kaffiyeh, with a crisp crease, the folds set just so, and the fan belt, a crowning glory, for that layered look and set at just the right janty angle, for that air of mystery and elan. Very spiffy!
Posted by: .com   2005-01-07 11:29:32 AM  

#9  Frank G/com - I favor worn-out neck ties and panty hose. Yes thank you, I am doing my part to recycle.
Posted by: Doc8404   2005-01-07 11:19:26 AM  

#8  Favor the black panty gag? I do, much more graphic and evocative.
Posted by: .com   2005-01-07 11:05:58 AM  

#7  jeez Fred, that babe in the graphic looks like my date last friday...different gag, though...
Posted by: Frank G   2005-01-07 11:01:48 AM  

#6  She isn't hard on the eyes. Makes you wonder if you could get past the BO and armpit hair.
Posted by: JerseyMike   2005-01-07 10:51:56 AM  

#5  Any background on her "interperter"? Those are usually pretty interesting when they come to light.
Posted by: tu3031   2005-01-07 10:24:16 AM  

#4  space aliens!simplisme! er..in'shallah!
Posted by: Frank G   2005-01-07 9:36:08 AM  

#3  I suspect she was not grabbed by space aliens.
If Chirac can't be botherd to protect his citizens why should we? We are the evil incarnate according to your French media you don't need our help.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2005-01-07 9:12:03 AM  

#2  Maybe the ransom budget is drained and that's why he wants them out.
Posted by: Laurence of the Rats   2005-01-07 9:08:20 AM  

#1  If the reporters all leave, who would the Terrorist show off to? Who would hear thier message? Sometimes Jacques dose'nt think.
Posted by: plainslow   2005-01-07 8:46:28 AM  

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